12 Friday Apr 2024
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Alfy’s, big girl pants, blessed, family, food, grandson, moments, supper, Technology, treat, veggie, widow, wonton soup
it appears that Thursday is our order-in/treat night…
sometimes it is frozen pizza, other times something gets picked up or ordered in;-)…
yesterday’s treat was wonton soup from Alfy’s…
it was tasty and I had leftovers for lunch today…
we also got some tempura shrimp and veggie spring rolls…
I like treat night;-)…
11 Thursday Apr 2024
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baffle, big girl pants, bird feeder station, birthday, blessed, Costco, deluge, gift, grandson, happy, moments, nature, present, rain, shopping, squirrels, treat, weather, widow
on Tuesday we made a trip to Costco for a few things, and came home with a birthday present for me…
I was treated to a very cool bird feeding station…
there were two tall feeders, plus a suet holder, with spots for two additional feeders…
it also has a baffle to keep the squirrels from getting up into the feeders… lol, we will see about that…
not sure the people who design these squirrel-free feeders have met Canadian squirrels…
today we put it together and went out to plant it in the front yard, at which point it started to rain… we made it in just before the deluge hit…
it was a bit crooked and not all the way into the ground, but when the sun came back out it got fixed and the filled feeders were added…
looks great;-)… what a lovely treat…
06 Saturday Apr 2024
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basement, big girl pants, bins, blessed, done, family, furnace, grandson, happy, messier, moments, organized, project, tidy, widow
months ago we made a concerted effort to clean, tidy, and organize the basement back room…
it got a bit messier when the furnace was replaced, lol, as containers close to it had to be moved…
after Christmas the holiday bins were sorted and put away neatly, but there were still many boxes and bins out…
the other night we finally got the project finished and it looks great down there;-)…
now to keep it that way…
18 Monday Mar 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, dad, family, garden, grandson, meatballs, melting, memories, moments, nature, oven, remembering, shovelling, snow, supper, weather, widow, youngest
had my youngest grandson over for dinner last night…
had to think for a while to decide on what to make as the oven is still not working, lol…
decided on spaghetti with meatballs and sauce… while I was making the meatballs, I was remembering doing that with my dad… he made great ones and they were very small… and they never fell apart, lol…
mine came out okay, but a few of them did seem to disintegrate… I used the broiler, which is still working, to warm up the garlic bread…
my grandson is on a moneymaking kick as there is a big school trip planned for next year, so he did some shovelling for me in the garden… the plan was to move the snow around that was in the mountain at the edge of the deck… he did a good job;-)…
hopefully this will help in the melting process…
06 Wednesday Mar 2024
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"A", beloved, big girl pants, blessed, breakfast, family, food, grandson, health, memories, moments, passing, routine, slippery, snow, treat, walk, weather, widow
went for a walk on Sunday morning… the front steps were covered with slippery ice pellets, so we walked carefully…
the temperature was around 0°C and it felt like -8°C… not bad and the wind was behind us as we walked towards Portage…
we arrived at the “A” and had a lovely breakfast…
it has been many months since I’ve been there and it was a nice treat…
breakfast here used to be one of our regular activities on the weekends… I would walk over and my beloved would drive… after breakfast we would head out in the car to do errands or take a drive…
it was nice to eat here this week as we come to the anniversary of his passing…
I sure do miss him…
02 Saturday Mar 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, body soap, faint, family, grandson, health, hint, moments, pipe, scent, scentless, widow
I am particularly sensitive to scents so the products I use are usually scentless – as much as possible…
lately I’ve been catching a hint of a scent as I walk through the main floor hallway…
it reminds me of pipe smoke, a scent that I have enjoyed as it makes me think of some very special people;-)…
but, I haven’t been able to figure out where it was coming from…
until today…
my housemate has a new bar soap and the scent is not in the bathroom, but in the hall…
it is very faint so was hard to track down… but I am always happy when I figure it out;-)…
01 Friday Mar 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, couch, furniture, grandson, moments, narrow, plants, search, shopping, table, Technology, widow
I’ve been looking for ages for a narrow table to go behind the couch in the den…
at one point I even considered having one made by my handyperson…
then I found one that I liked the look of online and eventually decided to order it… it had a spot for a few plugs and usb ports as well…
the package arrived on Wednesday evening and my housemate took it downstairs and put it together while I was reading…
it came up on Thursday morning and went into the living room as I cleared off the table that was currently behind the couch…
after moving many pieces, the new table made it into its final spot…
electrical items were plugged in and then the plants made it onto it and the couch moved back into place…
it is the perfect height and length and looks excellent…
always happy when a project works out well…
25 Sunday Feb 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, food, freezers, grandson, groceries, housemate, Life, lists, moments, Technology, widow
a number of months ago my housemate and I took the time to go through the two fridge freezers and make a list of what was in them…
the concept worked fairly well, although sometimes we didn’t remember to change the lists as we took things out for meals…
we’ve been planning to update the lists for a few weeks and finally on Thursday we got to it… apparently, I’ve had a real desire for potato patties as we now have three large packages… oops…
I’ve printed out the lists and this time, besides the one on the fridge downstairs, I’ve got both on the upstairs fridge so I should be on top of what needs to be replaced and what is getting used…
I also spent time reorganizing the magnets and sticky notes, lol…
21 Wednesday Feb 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, cleaning, family, food, frenzy, grandson, housemate, moments, organizing, pantry, remembering, reorganizing, suppose, widow
arrived home yesterday to a cupboard cleaning frenzy…
everything had been removed from two cupboards and partially put back…
not necessarily the way I would like…
as I look at the result, it occurs to me that we use a great number of different items that I used previously, lol…
reminded me of when my beloved was off of work and doing most of the cooking… he had some bizarre idea that things should be organized the way he liked 😳…
considering that my housemate has been here for just over a year, I suppose he should have a say in how things are organized, but still🤔…
and then we dealt with the pantry together…
12 Monday Feb 2024
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big girl pants, blessed, checkout, containers, cute, grandson, groceries, heart shaped, moments, shopping, treat, widow
yesterday we went to Superstore for some groceries…
while we were in the checkout line I spotted these cute little heart-shaped containers…
they had no price tag, but I decided I needed them, lol… they ended up being about $4.00…
today I filled some of them with a few treats for a gathering of friends…
they are so cute and useful with their little covers…
and fun…
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